Is the prime 16HD good enough

[mitsis]

I am planing on buying a SUNSUN HEK-600 (58lt aquarium) with dimensions (60x35x40 I think) and I want to prioritise the health of the anemone I want to add for my clownfish but I don't know if there are other better options and if only one can do the work because I will also add corals like euphyllias or maybe other lps

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Yes it will work fine, I also use AI Prime on my 15 gallon. Any led light of approx 50 -60 watts will work IMO

 

[mitsis]

Yes it will work fine, I also use AI Prime on my 15 gallon. Any led light of approx 50 -60 watts will work IMO

how about the shadows and the corners because i will only use 1 for my 60x35x40 aquarium

 

[TokenReefer]

Do you have anything in those corners now? Idk if flooding every Sq inch with light without coral is the right move. I've done it of course but I think there's a smarter way. Maybe by starting with less light and growing with the corals.. Idk much to be fair

 

[Idech]

My 4 BTA do fine with my Prime 16 HD. They don’t need too much light.

 

[commod0re]

Yes it will work fine, I also use AI Prime on my 15 gallon. Any led light of approx 50 -60 watts will work IMO

how about the shadows and the corners because i will only use 1 for my 60x35x40 aquarium

Add a 12” blade glow later to deal with shadows if it starts to be an issue

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

how about the shadows and the corners because i will only use 1 for my 60x35x40 aquarium

My 15 gallon tank is 18" wide, and the mushrooms in both corners are reaching up, so I feel this light does not have a wide spread

 

[X-37B]

2 would be better. I run 2 over a 13g and ran 2 over my old 18" cube.
I ran 2 over this 30g and the nem and clowns loved it.
Starting with one is fine. Add another if needed.

 

[mitsis]

Do you have anything in those corners now? Idk if flooding every Sq inch with light without coral is the right move. I've done it of course but I think there's a smarter way. Maybe by starting with less light and growing with the corals.. Idk much to be fair

i dont have the aquarium set up yet... as i said i will buy the aquarium in the near future but i am not planning to add something in the corners no... i am more worried about the corals that will sit near the edges of the tank

 

[mitsis]

2 would be better. I run 2 over a 13g and ran 2 over my old 18" cube.
I ran 2 over this 30g and the nem and clowns loved it.
Starting with one is fine. Add another if needed.

2 in a cubic like aquarium is an overkill i think

 

[X-37B]

2 in a cubic like aquarium is an overkill i think

Yea tell that to my 18" cube, lol.
16hds are not that strong by themselves.

 

[mitsis]

Yea tell that to my 18" cube, lol.
16hds are not that strong by themselves.

Holy these colors

 

[mitsis]

Yea tell that to my 18" cube, lol.
16hds are not that strong by themselves.

So if you use 2 AI prime 16's what should I choose when I can only afford 300 euro lights for a SUNSUN-HEK600

 

[X-37B]

So if you use 2 AI prime 16's what should I choose when I can only afford 300 euro lights for a SUNSUN-HEK600

Start with 1 16hd then add another for that 15" system later.
A used xr15 would be a good choice.
Note: all my 16hds and xr15's were bought used. No need to spend full retail.
Current 15" aio cube running 1 gen5 xr15 blue. I run ab+@100%.

 

[X-37B]

Holy these colors

Its funny because those are the first leds I ever ran. Halides forever prior.
I was at lfs and someone was saying 16hds cant grow coral.
I had that 18" cube sitting empty so I got a couple of them and the tank was born. It was the system that had me convert every system to leds.
I now run 5 led systems and 1 halide/led system.
That tank went from this to the other pic in 10 only months.